How To Install A Hardwood Floors

Introduction choose the boards.

How to install a hardwood floors.

The type of installation you choose will depend on your subfloor budget lifestyle and the type of wood flooring you select. Finish hardwood floor installation when you get to the last few rows switch back to nailing by hand. For instance solid hardwood flooring is typically nailed down during installation while tongue and groove engineered flooring is usually clicked together or completely glued down. Measure the width and length of the room and multiply for the square footage.

Choose the hardwood species and board widths for the room installation. Hardwood flooring installation is a big project but you can install solid hardwood floors yourself to save money with this step by step video. Install hardwood floors perpendicular to the floor joists parallel to the longest wall leaving a inch expansion gap around the perimeter. Join the ends of the boards over a floor joist where possible avoiding joints that form an h.

On the last row cut the pieces to fit measuring the distance from the wall to the board not the tongue minus the expansion gap. Watch as pros and homeowners tackle a hardwood floor installation.